Sun realises his view of the world has been far too narrow and is not happy to discover it can get even worse!

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SplitVerse

X-Tale

"They are so very tiny! It's impressive how much magic they have. Their feline forms are so much bigger then I expected..although their house cat form was rather smaller...what an exciting babybones!"

Sun hid his face into 'Cross's' fluffy jacket as he was rudely poked every so often by Ink, trying to tune out Ink but the many ways they were calling him tiny was starting to tick him off. He hadnt dealt with such a rude Creator in a while and if he also wasnt half terrified out of his mind he would happily show them just what this 'tiny' monster could do.

"You dont poke children, Ink, especially this one. You are agitating them"

He shivered at the large hand that covered his skull in what he assumed was supposed to be a soothing way but feeling the things magic so close was setting off all his instincts. He wanted to summon his ears and tail again for comfort but he didnt dare to, as he knew that would show what he was feeling far too clearly.

He needed to keep his cards as close to his chest as possible, even if he knew it was rather unlikely they hadn't realised how he was feeling right now.

"But, Cross! They are just too cute! I haven't seen anything this impressive in ages. I mean just look at them! They are like a mini Dream!...wait, did I accidently make them? I was sure i split up the Guardians into four and not five.."

Not even hearing Corrupted choke and let out a whimper was enough to lift his mood, clutching his Golden cat plushy like a life line and trying to shut off his senses so he could pretend he was anywhere but here right now.

It was an endeavour doomed to failure, his magic control feeling absolutely shot after whatever 'Cross' had done to him. He might no longer feel like a balloon about to be overfilled but this wasnt any better in his opinion, feeling so very vulnerable without his magic and felt like it trickled uselessly between his fingers whenever he tried to summon any.

This might actually be his least favourite multiverse ever, never feeling so aware just how much bigger everyone was compared to him then right now. Even when he just left his birth AU he had felt some control but now it was all taken from him, never feeling more like a child then this exact moment.

"Hey now. There is no need to cry, little chaos. I'll help you. It's ok, you are safe. You wont have any issues soon"

He hadnt even realised he had been crying, flinching when the large hand brushed the tears from his face, eyelights wobbly at their 'promise'. He had heard that exact same thing from far too many monsters and even stalker had promised to 'care for him' but that turned into Code manipulation and caused him to end up in this position in the first place of having his Code and body break down.

He didnt care what their emotions said or how honest they were, as he had learned many monsters that could manipulate their own emotions, unsure he could trust a thing about the monster holding him.

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Corrupted had no clue how he ended up in this position and was frankly too bewildered to ask, staring down at the small monster in his arms with a wide eyelight. He hadnt had a choice to hold them and had no clue where Cross and Ink had gone but prayed it wasnt going to be something that would cause even more headaches in his future.

He was exhausted and needed a break, unsure how life was more stressful with peace then it was before.

The answer was always Ink and all evidence pointed to them always being the cause of one issue or another.

He gently rocked the shaking babybones that still startled him to realise what the 'feline' actually was unsure why he was the one holding onto them when they had been tormenting him barely an hour ago.

Although, considering the other options available to hold the kid he was sadly the best one, not blind to how panicked they had been in Cross's arms. The less said about Ink the better, doubting any child even one that could somehow shapeshift would want to be near Ink in any capacity.

He didnt want to be near Ink but sadly the universe was cruel and uncaring of his wants, once again cursing the other Guardians.

He did gain a bit of a devious smile as he took out his phone and took a picture of him and the babybones, sending a 'Congratulations on your new kid' to Dream and Shattered, before ignoring the quick replies after.

That would teach them for dumping this all on him, before he then did something far less fun and began updating Error on what was happening. He couldn't wait to have this 'collar' off of him, frowning when his message didnt get through to the Destroyer. He could feel cold sweat start to form, suddenly realising he had lost signal entirely.

How?!

This phone was made by Ink who had made sure it got a signal wherever he was. Even in the damn AntiVoid and alarming the Void he did not want to know how Ink had tested that and stared in disbelief when the phone gave out a puff of smoke before bursting into flames a second later, cursing as he quickly threw it far away.

"What bad luck, Boss. You should really have that looked at"

He nearly jumped ten feet in the air and glared back at Cross, sighing at their apologetic expression and feeling his anger fade. It was near impossible to be mad at them, it feeling he was being mean to a puppy whenever he did so, even in the past when he was far more insane.

"Cross..i see that you lost Ink"

"They suddenly left and talked about 'experimenting with making a new AU'..? I dont really know the details but-"

"I need to go. Hold them and dont let them out of your sight"

He interrupted them and practically forced them to hold the babybones again, alarmed when they mentioned Ink wasnt here. Error's threat to erase his existence if he let Ink out of his sight ringing loudly in his mind, cursing as he formed a portal and left without a second glance.

The silence was near deafening after, Sun shakily looking up at 'Cross', stiffening when he saw their eyelights flash a rainbow colour before going back to white.

"You really dont need to be so afraid, Sun. Im not going to hurt you"

He felt a shiver go down his spine when they said his name, not having shared it and suddenly having a sinking feeling of what was happening. It was only confirmed when the next time their magic surrounded him it felt oddly comforting, hating how his body greedily accepted the magic and feeling better then he ever had.

"Ive been wanting to meet you for a very long time. Your journey has been rather amusing. You truly did exceed my expectations with what you got up to. I look forwards to hearing it from you directly. We are going to get along so well, i วนŞt kຖ໐ຟ it"

...Sun had just realised he had been thinking too small. This wasnt just a stalker, this was a Supreme stalker. He felt like they knew everything about him with a single glance, his eyelights shrinking at the sheer power coming off them.

How anyone could think this was a normal monster was an idiot, scared to see what hid under the facade of 'Cross' but had a feeling he would learn soon whether he wanted to or not.

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Ink: *Cooing over Sun, poking them and calling them tiny* How adorable! I wonder what else they can do 🤩

Sun: *Torn between revenge and his fear of 'Cross'* This has to be the hardest decision that has ever happened in my life

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Corrupted: *Feeling petty and sending a vague text and a picture of Sun to the other Guardians* Leaving me to do all the work. Lets see how they like this scare

*Back in Dreamtale*

Dream: *Phone buzzing and looking curious as he brings it out* Oh, Corrupted sent a message. I wonder what this is about?

Shattered: *Already seen it and speechless, trying to demander over text* WHAT DID CORRUPTED FIND OUT?! WHAT IS THIS?!

Nightmare: *Quietly chuckling as he looked over Dream's shoulder and recognising what Corrupted did* How amusing

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Corrupted: *Trying to soothe a frazzled Sun who is clinging to him alarmingly tight* I have zero clue what is going on right now...

Sun: *Internally screaming how everyone is an idiot for not noticing what he has and wanting to get far away from 'Cross'* Where is stalker when i need them?! I'll even take Milo at this point!